Sahenou Surname
Approximately 278 people bear this surname
Sahenou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 274 | 1:37,721 | 4,859 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: Sahènou (1) are calculated separately.
Sahenou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sahenou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sahenou is found most in Benin. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Sahènou. Click here for further potential spellings of Sahenou.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahenou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 942,947th most commonly used family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 26,214,194 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sahenou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Sahenou is most frequent in Benin, where it is carried by 274 people, or 1 in 37,721. In Benin it is most frequent in: Mono Department, where 55 percent reside, Atlantique Department, where 31 percent reside and Zou Department, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account Benin this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside and France, where 0 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sahenou
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